ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [137]
Gātha 136
O worthy soul! The woman’s body is unequalled home to all imperfections [note 1] but if you get attached to it due to its resemblance with things like the moon [note 2], why not, instead, get attached to these stainless and first-rate things? But what discernment can generally be found in the man blinded by intoxication of the wine of lust?
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Comments
Note 2:
Moon as metaphor. For the interpretation see
‘Saṁvara [part 699]’ note 14 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1082091401849123/?comment_id=1082093288515601.
Note 1b:
Samavasaraṇa (accepted principle). For the more detailled definition see
‘Saṁvara [part 4280]’ note 16 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3674871582571079/?comment_id=3674894919235412.
Note 1a:
There are eighteen imperfections. For details see
‘Saṁvara [part 4007]’ note 1b https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3357845430940364/?comment_id=3357852207606353;
see also the eighteen faults stated by Mahāvīra in his sermon in the Samavasaraṇa (accepted principle, s. below note 1b) of Aupapātika Sūtra given to Kuṇika, quoted in
‘Jñāna vinaya (viṇao) tapa [part 266]’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/697443230313944.
For the whole sermon see
‘Jñāna vinaya (viṇao) tapa [part 265-271]’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/697435296981404.
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